Rail-clip.



No. 813,738. PATEN'TED FEB.A 27, 1906.

L, E. RODGERS.

RAIL CLIP.

APPLICATION FILED NGV, 17, 1905.

RAIL-GMP.

Specification of Letters Potent.

Fatetited feb. 2'?, 1906.

Application nte Hmmm 17.1905. ses.: no. einem.

i To a/l whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, Lome E. Rousses, e citizen of the. United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and Stute of illinois, have invented a neviT end useful Improvement in Rail-Clips, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in the construction of clips for securing railwayrails to metal ties or structural-steel beams which ere formed with top fianges or shouiders; and my object is to provide a clip of peculiarly simple and inexpensive construction Capable of being readily and quickly av iplied. One particular eld of usefulness ier my impfved clip is in brick-drying tunnels for seein-ino' T-rals to the I-beems which extend meross the bases of the tunnels. t. In the drawings, Figurev 1 is s partly. see tional fragmentary View showin .my irnroved clip employed es e ineens or fastenmg a T-ruil to an I-l'ieain; Fig. 2, e broken and partly-sectional ltop plan view; and Figs. 3 and 4`, broken partly-sectional views illustrating, respectively, the opposite ends er sides of the clip.

A is an I-beam T-rail B rests.

My improved clip Consists of e side or end piece C, e clamping-head D. and e connectin -bolt E, provided with e nut F.

he nrt C comprises a. bar a, formed et one en with a large upward-extending boss b and et its opposite end with a, smell upward-extending boss c. Extending from end to end of the part C et its inner side is e forming e tie on which the Vslightly-flaring grimvo or recess a', und the boss cis provided on its inner side coincidently with the upper edge of the bar portion a with n groove or recess e, wliioh {litres transversely, as shown by full lines in Figs. 3 and 4. IThe hase of the recess e, as well ss the edge portion of the boss, is inclined to 0.x-

tend in planes neurlyybut not quite, at right :ingles to the sides C oi the part, :is indicated by the line und dotted lin(` g in Fig. 2. when-.by the ruil-seatingieee h oi' tlle'vpnrt C is rendered siiglnlj: Hering.

pering Yorinj as indicated in Figs, 2. 'iinclamping heed or gmrt l) is lnrgvrthnrn im o? j muih the suine shape es, tlw boss portion ."i 1 und is providt-,il with n tapering ogiwnozg;

fr., I l Lne boss t; is provided with un opening yl` through :t oi tethrough it, k. in one side of the bend Dis a 'Hering recess l, and in its inner fe ee is e. transversely-Hering und longitndinaliy-tepering recess m.

To festen the rail B to the beam A, the

art C is passed beneath the rail, hooked at its recess e over one side iange of the rail, and swu'n upward to the lJosition shown in Fig. 3. he surface zof the part C should Abe of e. length pist capable of receiving the bese of the rei7 pressed et o positie ed Tes, respeetively, by the inner su eee of the oss b while engaged by the recessed portion of the boss c. The part C is thon slid laterally to cause its groove d to pnss over the adjacent edge of the I- lse-nn A, as indicated in Fig. l. The part or heed D is then passed et its groove :m over the opposite edge of the I-beain and at its groove Z int-o engagement with the flange of the rail. Nlien the parts :tre in the position described, the openings 'L k are in line and in e plane just beve the surface of the I-benm, thelaringpnds of the openings 'i k bein adjacent to eat-,h other. r{"he bolt E is pnsse through the coincident openings i. Vlr, es indicated in Fig. 2, and the nut F is applied to the bolt to tighten the parts together. The engagement. of the grooves md with the I- beam causes the clip to be fastened rigidly in place, and the engagement of the clip at its grooves e ii with the iienges oi' the rail B feste-ns the iatter rigidly upon the surface of the -beem. The aring nature of the recerises causes them to contorni to and grip 'the flanges over which they stre passed, and the Bering nature of: the o enngs k i, coupled with the inclination of t 1e bases of the reeesses e Z, permits the clip to conform to i sliglit verietions inengle between or unevennesses in the rail end I-beein flanges.

ilitherto it has been the common rectiee to fasten T-reils to I-beams with bo te assingf thron h openin in their flanges. hese x openings ied to be i rilled, making the operai tion of laying the reilsnecessariiy slow and i ieborious. Myiniprovd clips, on the other E hand, may be ep v,liedvery ipiielily and when in pleine festen reiis willi greet security. l What lyolaim es new: end desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v l. in n, rnil-Ciip,tiie eonibinetionof two .-:cpernte nir-tal pirts provided with coinciso that the letter will ber ICJ IOS

[l1-.nl l olt-o|1enings and euch having recesses for engaging flanges of both the rml und trie, :nul :i bolt passing tlirou fh Suhl openings with menus thereon for tig ltcning the perils in ehnnpiug engagement with the ruil unil tie` L2. ln L rail-clip, the combination of two separate inoml parts provided with coinei- (lem bolvopenings und wiLh flaring recesses inclined one wit-h relation to the other iLtinr and ungugruy the flanges of both the rail Finzi tio, and n holt passing through said openings with means thereon for tightening the parts in clamping engagement with the rail and tie.

3. In ai mil-clip, the combination of two separate metal parts provided with coinci- (lent flaring holt-openings and flarin f and inclined recesses [itting und engaging anges of both said mil und tie, and a bolty p'assing through sziifl openings with means thereon for tightening the pulls in humping ongzigenient wLli thrA ruil und lie.

f1. In u ruil-Clip, the '.oinhinntion of u metal part (.'olnprising :r hair having un upper surface lo bear against. the umher surface ol the mi]J n longitulliwilly-vx(ending recess in one side to engage u flange of the Lie, ai boss having a recess to engage n flange of the ruil und n. boss provided will] a 'holt-opening, a seperate metal para having zi Milt-opening :rml recesses, one of whivh cngngvs u lhrnge o1n the tie and the other a flange of the ruil, :unl n holt. prrssing through said openings with means thereon for tightening the parts in clamping engagement with the rail :ind tie.

LOUS E, KODGERS; ln presence of- J. ll. LANDES,

A. U. THOMEN. 

